News | LondonWestfield shop evacuated over fire alertEvacuated: Christmas shoppers were forced to wait outside for ten minutesFrancesca HoseHannah Al-Othman21 December 2015Christmas shoppers had to leave a branch of Marks & Spencer in Westfield this afternoon after the fire alarm was set off by mistake.Customers fled the shopping centre after the fire alarm sounded at about 1.20pm on Monday.A spokeswoman for Westfield said the alert was a false alarm, after the fire alarm was pressed in error.Shoppers had to wait outside for about 10 minutes before the store reopened.Francesca Hose tweeted as the evacuation was in progress, saying: "M&S at Westfield has been evacuated. "It's the only shop I really needed to go to. Should've gone online." Read More7/7 obsessive 'planned bomb attack on Westfield or Tube'David Gold hopes shopping centre will attract female fans to gamesOffices evacuated in Shepherd's Bush over 'unexploded World War TwoEarlier she had tweeted: "Going to Westfield four days before Christmas. What could possibly go wrong?"She told the Standard: "I was just about to wander in when the alarm sounded."It reopened around 10 minutes later."MORE ABOUTWestfieldChristmasShephard's Bush
